Titre :
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Young adult tobacco cessation. A closer look at smoking among young adults : Where tobacco control should focus its attention. (2007)
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Auteurs :
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Molly-P GREEN ;
Jennifer-C DUKE ;
. HAIJUN XIAO ;
HEALTON (Cheryl-G) : USA. Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University. New York. NY. ;
Kristen-L MCCAUSLAND ;
Donna-M VALLONE
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 8, 2007)
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Pagination :
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1427-1433
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Tabagisme
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Tabac
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Jeune adulte
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Prévention santé
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Promotion santé
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Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS KR0xW20l. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We sought to fill gaps in knowledge of smoking behaviors among college-educated and non-college-educated young adults. Methods. We used data from the 2003 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey to analyze smoking behaviors among young adults aged 18-24 years and older young adults aged 25-34 years by college status (enrolled, or with a degree, but not enrolled) and other measures of socioeconomic position. Results. Current smoking prevalence among US young adults aged 18-24 years who are not enrolled in college or who do not have a college degree was 30%. This was more than twice the current smoking prevalence among college-educated young adults (14%). Non-college-educated young adults were more likely than were college-educated young adults to start smoking at a younger age and were less likely to have made a quit attempt, although no differences were found in their intentions to quit. Higher rates of smoking in the non-college-educated population were also evident in the slightly older age group. Conclusions. Non-college-educated young adults smoke at more than twice the rate of their college-educated counterparts. Targeted prevention and cessation efforts are needed for non-college-educated young adults to prevent excess morbidity and mortality in later years.
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